Utensil-lifter.



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ANDREW saiiULa, or WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

' UTENSILLFTER.

- To all whom it may concerm subj ect of the Be it known that I NDRW SENULA, a

Emperor of Austria-Hungary. residing at -Washington, in the county of lVashington and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in tensil-Lifters, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in lutensil lifters.

' utensil lifter that may be readily attached to constitutes acters the handle of a utensil or projecting strap and be locked thereto so that the same will not become accidentally disengaged.

The present-device is simple in construction and inexpensive a useful article, the same being referably constructed of thin sheet metal with the lifting end thereof made resilient and having associated with the resilient end a locking rod.-

The invention. will be hereinafter described in detail, and reference will be had to the accompanyingdrawing by like char- `designating corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the lifter attached to a portion of a utensil, with the utensil and lifting end of the` device in section. Fig. 2 isa side elevational view of the same. Fig. l3 is a top plan view showing the same locked to a strap on a' utensil. Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the same, with the locking rod turned to disengagingposition, and, Fig. 5

is a detail perspective View of the lifting end of the device..

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, the reference numeral designates a portion. of a vessel of any suitable construction, which vessel carries the bowed .strap 11 adapted to be engaged by the lifter 12.

The lifter is preferably formed of thin sheet metal and includes the handle portion 13 having the rounded side edges 14 while the lifting end thereof is bent to substantially U-shape and includesa pair of side walls 15 and 16 connected by the integral bottom wall 17.

. The spaced walls 15 and 16 are made resilient and while not in use, assume the distended position shown in Flg. 2, the projection of the side wall 16 being further held in such position by present invention aims to provide a.

to manufacture and the spring 18. This.

Specification of 4Letters Patent. Patjenhgd ltgug 21, j glqh Application led February 23, 19151'v Serial No. 9,967.

spring includes the rghtlangularly bent lower end 19 which is of a width substantially-equal to the distance between the walls 15. and 16 when the same are parallel,

spring 18 and extends through an opening 21 provided adjacent the upper end of the wall 15 while the inner projecting cnd thereof is swaged as at 22 to hold the same in positlon on the wall. The locking means associated with the lifter 12 is carried by the'handle portion 13, there being provided lugs 23 carried by the bottom wall of the handle, and through which lugsv projects the locking rod 24. The forward end ofthe rod proj ectsthrough the eyelet and has the projecting end thereof bent to provide a finger 25 normally positioned between the side walls 15 and 16, but in locked position with respect to the lifting end of the'lifter, the finger is adapted to be received in the recessed portion 26 formed in the outer upper edge of the wall 16 to thereby hold the walls 15 and 16 in substantially parallel position against Ythe tension of the spring 1S. The rear end of the rod 24 is provided with -a handle portion 27 by which the same is shifted to 'cause the finger 25 to engage and disengage the plate 16.

The device normally assumes the position shown in Fig. 2 when not in `operation and when it is desired to lift the utensil 10, the projecting side wall 16 is passed upwardly behind the bowed strap 11 as shown in Fig. 1, so that the strap lies between the walls 15 and 16, and in this position is engaged by the spring 18. The handle 12 is then slightly moved upwardly to bring the side walls 15 and 16 into closer-relation with the strap as the handle 27 of thev rod to the position caused to engage in plate 16, to thereby hold the side walls 15 shown 1n Fig. 4 so that by moving and 16 in locked parallel position The bottom wall 17 constitutes a. support for the lower edge of the strap 11 while the rod 24 prevents the lifter from being removed from the strap and in this position, the lifter is securely locked to theutensil andconstitutes a secure handle therefor.

at I claim as new is 1. utensil lifter including a handle por: tion, a ill-'shaped resilient lifting end formatl integral therewithl` the lifting end including Aa pair ofspaced side Walls, there being an opening in the upper end of one of the side Walls, a springpositioned between the side Walls, the lower end of the spring being bent at an angle to limit the movement of the sidewalls toward each other, an eyelet oarried by the upper end of said spring adapted to be positionedin said opening, a locking rod rotatably carried by the handle projecting through said eyelet and slidable along the handle, and a finger carried by the end of said rod adapted to engage the free upper end of one of the Walls.

2. A utensil lifter formed ofsheet metal including a handle portion, a lifting portion, said lifting portion including a pair of side Wallsand an lintegral bottom Wall ofresilient metal normally forcing the -upper ends of the side Walls outwardly, and a lock- -ing rod rotatably and slidably associated lwith the handle portion and having the end thereof formed Withar'nger adapted to en# gage the upper end of one of the side Walls toA hold theside Walls linsubstantial parallelism. V y

3.. A utensil lifter including a handle portion, a lifting portion formed integral therewith 'and of substantially` U-shape iii side elevation, a compound vcurved spring positioned ,between the'upright members of the lifting portion for normally holding the same separated, anda locking rodfor the ried by the handle and "projectingbeyond lifting portion rotatably and ls'lidably car- `the handle portion and having at its end a finger adapted to engage the outer side Wall l of the .lifting portion.

. In testimony whereof I aix my signature 

